State Sen. Burke Harr of Omaha says the Department of Corrections spent $54,400 a year and a half ago with nothing to show for it.

“It seems peculiar to me that we would give $54,000 without a contract, and then when the other party isn’t able to deliver, that we would just be willing to walk away,” Harr tells Nebraska Radio Network.

Apparently Harris Pharma offered something, Harr says, and the state paid for it.